Freeware for your computercompatible with the operating system windows

Introduction

This article covers a set of necessary freeware for a personal computer. All programs mentioned in this article have a freeware status and can be used absolutely legally and downloaded from shara-soft.ru website.

After windows xp sp3 original is installed along with all the necessary drivers, first of all you need to install the available Windows updates. To do so, you need to go to Settings Panel and select Windows Update Center or Windows Update and click ‘Check for updates’. In this case the system will find the necessary updates and install them. The system will restart once the updates are installed.

It is highly advisable to install Service Pack for Windows. It can be installed through Windows Update Center, or it can be downloaded from Microsoft website.

It is also recommended to install the latest version of DirectX 11. It can also be found on Microsoft website.

Image Viewers

For viewing and minor image editing we recommend using XNView. Among interesting options of this program, ability to edit multiple images, making panoramic images, screen capture, and adobe photoshop cs5 plug-in support can be found.

As an alternative, Farstone Image Viewer and FastPictureViewer can be mentioned.

Data restore

Sometimes there is a need to restore data deleted by mistake. When you delete files from your trash can, the data is not actually erased from your hard-drive, only record about this data is deleted. You can use Recuva to restore deleted data. Just select the hard-drive from which data was deleted and click ‘Analyze’. Restored data needs to be saved on another logical drive to eliminate rewriting. There is also a good restore wizard in this program. So heh recommend a very handy program for video processing virtualdub.